Wishing you and the Dodgers the best

With one game left in the season, this will be my final post on Inside the Dodgers. By now, most of you know that I have accepted a great new position with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but it has been a true pleasure interacting with fans on this blog over the last six seasons.

In years past, I have been far better at posting regularly and going forward, you’ll be hearing from various members of the front office as this blog takes on new administrators, but I wanted to take a moment to personally thank you all for your obvious passion for the Dodgers and support through thick and thin.

It has been a tremendous run at the Dodgers and I leave here having never taken for granted what a special organization this is. I know that good things are in the future here for many years to come.

Thanks again for everything!

Josh

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All the best to you Josh. Thanks for everything. Drop by and post a comment now and then when you get a chance. Either here or at the Outside the Dodgers site. I’d enjoy hearing/reading your baseball thoughts. Take care and enjoy the playoffs.

Good Luck Josh, I wish i could go to another team too. I just cant, being a Dodger fan all my life I find it difficult to get behind another team. Unless of course they were paying me!
As you leave us Dodger fans behind I’m sure we will all wish you the best as we hang on in a state of limbo and baseballess until the team is sold. Its like feeling like a man without a country…as long as McCourt is in the picture I shall remain a man without a team.
Good Luck Josh!

Thank you so much for all your efforts here. We ITD’ers will always remember your helping to get OldBrooklynFan (Joe Pierre) out here for the first tour. Lots of good luck with your new team, but remember, once a Dodger, always a Dodger!

Josh, best of luck and thanks for all your efforts. Must be hard leaving what I am sure was once your dream job. The organization has changed a lot during your time with the Dodgers. I do hope someone picks up the ball and keeps ITD relevent. OTD is great but we are missing a lot of good fans who posted here on a regular basis. Good luck in Arizona.

Josh, please take Frank and Jamie with you. And thanks for the ITD tours. Wonderful times I won’t forget. Oh, and if you can’t take Frank with you to the desert, tell him on your exit interview that 2011 was the first season since 1969 that I did NOT attend a single game……………..though I watched just about every one on the tube!

Josh,
Let’s try this again without putting my blog link…
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I am late here but I have already told personally that I will miss you and that hopefully I will see you when I am in Arizona during Spring Training and regular games. Good luck to you and your family. Thanks for everythying that you have done for us fans.
Emma

I hear you Kpook, but it seems this forum has been forgotten. There still is some lively discussion over at OTD; please give it a try. But I agree it is sad we have had to go elsewhere to talk Dodger baseball unless you are a Twitter or Facebook fan.

I would like to say that u as a American baseball team are a disgrace!!!!!!! Due to the fact u added a community support person to your financial woes and just bad leadership,In your management team you deserve to loose it all and hope and pray that is exactly what happens to your team !!!!! Bryan Stowe deserves to be compensated for your bad decisions and lack of care towards fan safety, In my opinion your choice of where to make financial cutbacks, Directly are responsible for what happened to him at your ballpark!!!!! Hope u loose It all and disappear forever! Ps I’m not a friend or acquaintance of Bryans I’m just sickend by your total lack of compassion for baseball fans!!!

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We are still here!! I can multi-task very well, and write on all my favorite forums. It’s just been so long since anyone has been on here. It’s great to have a couple days of good news with the players and their awards and our dream of new ownership finally coming into some light (even though it’s a ways off still from actually happening).
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Hey Phan!! I hope all is well with you!! I am sure there was alot to be said about how the Phillies’ season ended. I was sitting on the fence with that series mostly because I am still mad at you guys for not beating the gnats last year – lol(jk)A full year of suffering with my family of gnat fans and colleagues was not exactly a fun time. Take care and thanks. We need the good luck. I am not sure about Cuban at this point as there are so many names being tossed around now, but you are right. The suits don’t like him much.
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Kind of wondering how Boblee is doing as he is probably now suffering Dodger fan living in World Series Champs Cardinals country. And his Cowboys aren’t exactly getting it done either. I am thinking about you Boblee, and I know exactly how you feel.

In the old days, to break the horror, we would lay a few Carnac groaners on everyone.
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A: Peter Pan.
Q: What do you use to fry a peter?
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A: Until he gets caught.
Q: How long does a United States Congressman serve?
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CARNAC: May a crazed weightlifter clean and jerk your sister
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phan52, nice of you to drop in. Gotta admit, I trolled your board from the start of the playoffs. Phans spanking Tomahawk fans for the meltdown…them spanking right back as Dream Team wet their pants. But I kept quiet…I bit my tongue. Dodger fans had no room to say squat. But the Dodgers will recover their swagger as the Filly door creaks ever so slowly closed. Halladay and Lee ain’t getting any younger, Oswalt gone and broken, and the big lad at 1st hobbled with an Achilles that just won’t ever really heal on a guy that big. If the Dodgers ink Kershaw and Kemp for the long haul, they field two young stellar MVPs for the next decade.

The thing with the Braves fans started in the 2010 season when a few of them started trolling the Phillies board when they had a 7 game lead in the standings. They were easy pickings after what happened that season and this year’s meltdown was even worse, so payback is a bitch. Howard will be fine. He was battling that leg thing all season and still had a pretty good year. They probably should have sat him at some point but he insisted on playing through it and it finally blew out. The surgery should get him back able to put some weight back on the left side where all his power comes from. He’s a hard worker and if you have seen the overall changes in his body over the years, you would know that. I thought he would end up a fatso, but he’s gotten leaner every year.
BTW, I’ve been hearing that the Braves will try to offer the Dodgers some of their prized young pitching for either Ethier or Kemp. They need an OF bat badly and they have a lot of high-end kid pitchers who are MLB ready.

According to the suits on mlb.tv, they are figuring they will offer contracts to get everyone through to next year, and then once the new ownership is in place, they will probably look into locking up Matt and Kersh. Not sure how that is going to fly with Matt’s agent, but it does make sense. However, like everything else, it’s all speculation at this point.

I would be surprised if the Dodgers entertained an offer to trade Kemp but I would think they might listen to offers for Ethier. I am not saying I am in favor of moving Ethier because of the replacement issue; I have seen Loney play in the outfield once and it wasn’t pretty.

The question for Lame Duck owner will be, come sale time, whether the franchise will be worth MORE money in his pocket in a sale with Kershaw and Kemp locked up for mega bucks…or with them dangling unsigned in the face of potential free agency. On the surface it would seem, “keep contracts down.” But he’s more likely to get his billion with these guys locked up. Do you buy a car knowing you have to upgrade the tires and stereo system as soon as you drive it off the lot…or would you just as soon pay through the nose once and only once? I can’t imagine ANY buyer NOT wanting Kershaw and Kemp on the roster long term. But then, I’m not the one buying or selling, so what the hell do I know. As each humbly admit, I’m just some blogger.

I would think if you don’t lock up Matt and Kersh now, you might end up in a bidding war over them next year (Matt anyway), regardless of who owns the team. However, I am guessing as soon as the new ownership takes over, they can just extend Matt’s contract at that time before he actual hits free agency, yes?

From what we heard yesterday from Matt, he says he will take his agent’s advice and not discuss a new contract once the season starts. Does not want to lose focus and all that. You would think that a new buyer would factor in contracts when valuing the team but hopefully a new buyer will have the financial resources to not make this much of an issue.

Good Day All…
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I am still reading, both Inside and Outside!
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Although, I am having computer issues, so commenting is difficult.
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I am glad to see, Matt Kemp is going to be around a little longer…
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Frank, I will forgive you…just as soon as you earn it!
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Have a great afternoon, y’all…
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GO DODGERS!!!

Just checking in to see who’s still around on this blog site. Being an official MLB sponsored site, it’s unbelievable that MLB doesn’t insist on somebody actually updating this. But then again it is MLB with Bud in charge. As for Frank’s dealings, I’ll believe it’s over when it’s over. When it comes to Frank that’s bound to be well after the fat lady sings. In fact, the fat lady may be dead long before Frank is finally gone. I still say that Frank should be hit by a bus, or hung up by his balls (before they’re cut off).

bear, even if no one EVER updates this blog, we keep it going with our banter. I mean, really, did Josh ever offer any juicy tidbits? It was Sgt. Schultz PR…”I know nothing.” or at least, say nothing. Josh knew it. What choice did he have?
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Tell the Outside folk to check in…let’s get some air in this place.

Good job Clayton! I am thrilled. Not only that, but I am just waiting with baited breath for Matty to make this long-term deal offiicial! Oh, and I know many of you thought I’ve abandoned ITD, but I really haven’t. I still read from time to time, but I would gladly come back now that the fuel for much of the problem I had with ITD will eventually go away. I just never cared too much for all of the non-Dodger talk (talk about something other than the team). Oh, and just my 2 cents worth; I think it’s a shrewd move to make the team worth a whole lot more if they make some REAL progress in making the team better and thus, worth a lot more. Locking up Matty is a great first step!

32and 53, there is a classic Star Trek episode where alien plant spores affect ecstasy upon the entire Enterprise crew, and all have abandoned the ship to the planet’s surface…except Kirk. I commend you and OTD for what you have created and I mean that sincerely. But I’ll keep the light on in here. As the 2011 season progressed, ITD became a forum for fewer and fewer people…for any number of reasons we needn’t rehash…and OTD became a welcome refuge. Call me stubborn, call me an idealist, but ITD has the potential to reach hundreds of baseball fans, some who stumble in here for the first time. I look forward to those days again…with EVERYBODY.

It would be nice if the Dodgers communications department would assign someone to take over the responsibilities of keeping this site going. It does not have to be a VP like Josh or even a senior member. Even an intern could create new threads here. And it would be extra nice if what they posted had more to do with the players, on and off the field, and the behind the scenes Dodger Stadium news instead of just an endless stream of marketing promotional material. Josh indicated before he left that the emphasis is now on Facebook and Twitter where they have tens of thousands of followers, not dozens like on here or OTD. They could at least put their Twitter feed in the Widget area to the right like I did on OTD so ITD readers could stay here but get the latest news.
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I agree that more people could stumble in here than to OTD. There are many other blogs around with good posts with a huge number of comments daily and I have been reading them for years. The ITD and OTD blogs are different in that they are more like a chat room for a small group of regulars, especially during the games.
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I hope that the Dodgers will bring this blog back to life some day.

I agree. Every off season I would suggest to Josh that it would be interesting to hear from various departments within the organization and about the players, nothing too personal or evasive but just interesting stuff. Nothing against Twitter and Facebook but this forum was and still could be relevant.

I had turned most of my attention to football, but then my Sooners decided to not show up for the Tech game and soured the season for me. I’ve been keeping track, but with nothing to add. Til now.
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I wonder who the five meats were who didn’t vote for Kershaw?

Let’s hope Kemp means what he says about using the motivation from coming in second in the MVP race to be even better next season. No doubt voters gave Braun the edge because his team made the playoffs. Matt may not have won the MVP from the writers but he clearly knows he is the MVP to the fans.

Hey All…
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I feel like I’m in, The DODGERS Parking Lot!!
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Certainly, there must be a security guard, around somewhere? Who can update this blog!!
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Congrat’s to both Kersh and Kemp!!
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Have a Great Day !!
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GO DODGERS!!!!

On the surface, the group with Magic Johnson sure seems like an ideal fit. Of course, everyone thought Fox (with their supposedly deep pockets) would be the savior. Ouch. Heard Larry King on the radio a few days ago, excited about his group’s potential of owning the Dodgers. When he said he like Ned Colletti, my brain froze…

At least it wasn’t the Dodgers that made questionable long-term deals. When I heard the news, all I said is good luck with that 10 year contract to a 31 year old. CJ Wilson is a great pitcher, but a 6 year deal for a SP is dicey. And if the Angels feel that Trumbo is that expendable, trade him to my Dodgers for closer Javy Guerra. They’d be getting a good young closer and won’t be trading within the division like I heard the Angels were interested in Baily in Oakland…

I’m more concerned with the whole Loney debacle. I’m with you, the Angels paid outrageously. Can’t buy championships…it’s been proven again and again and again. And Wilson was flat out bad in the WS. Dodger fans need to sit tight, wait for new ownership (Magic and Co.?}, and then get excited. Ned’s off-season moves, while somewhat nice, are more of the same. Pitchers past their prime, utility parts, and no big bat.

I’d heard from friends it was good, saw buzz for Brad Pitt and an oscar, but still had no desire to see it. I thought letting Tracey go was a bad move. If Colletti goes, so be it, but I was ecstatic when Depodesta was fired.

Didn’t the Red Sox prove last year that big contracts don’t necessarily guarantee post season play?
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As for James, I think (and hope) there was a medical reason for his incident. Sounds like low blood sugar to me, and having a husband (and his brother) who is a Type 1 Diabetic, it sure sounds like James’ blood sugar was super low. My hubby has had that happen, and they can easily pass out if they don’t get their sugar level back up quickly.
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And as for Ryan Braun….. I am still in shock over this one. I thought Matt deserved the MVP, but I was okay with it being Ryan because he seemed to be a good, clean ballplayer. It just makes me realize nobody is above suspicion anymore.

Good Day Y’all…
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I trust, everyone enjoyed a Very Merry Christmas
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I managed to get back online…and I’m looking forward to some baseball! Dodger Style…
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As kpookiemon said
. Let Us All Have a Bright and Prosperous New Year…
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Think Blue Happiness!!
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Go Dodgers!!
. Have a Fantastic Day Everyone 🙂
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Random Thoughts
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Someone over on Facebook, wondered what they were having for supper?
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Which made me wonder, what Vin was having for supper?
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Then I was wondering what, Tommy was having for supper?
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Hey Tommy, really what’s for supper!
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While were waiting for Tommy’s response…
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Anyone care to guess, what Uribe is having for supper?
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Tommy, If me and you were in the back half of the dugout…There wouldn’t be any need for dinner discussions….
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Sparkle…Welcome to the party, Nice to see you show up on time!
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IT’s Time For Dodger Baseball….Never Ending Dodger Baseball!!!
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YA GOTTA BELIEVE!!!
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P.S. Hope all is well, Josh….any chance you can change the password to this account to think blue~ think blue? I’m sure one of us BELIEVERS can muster some MAGIC!!!
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GO DODGERS!!!!

Hi Kahli,
Happy New Year to you too. It’s been a long time, I know. But I look here from time to time, ITD is deader than a doornail. Waiting for someone to revive it! I know they say that a new owner should be in place by the end of April, but the natives are getting restless (myself included) and I don’t want to wait until then

Whats shakin everybody? I hope everyone is well and having a wonderful new years and had a great Christmas! I’ve been busy with family and work so I’ve been a stranger around here but looking forward to the season and hopefully getting back onto here and chatting with everybody! Take care…

When I italiinly commented I clicked the “Notify me when new comments are added” checkbox and now each time a comment is added I get four e-mails with the same comment. Is there any way you can remove me from that service? Cheers!

Whether you could afford him or not, Fielder at $200 million is a ridiculous proposition. He’s a fat slob, much like a few that we’ve already experienced, and unlikely to be worth anything like that after two or three years from now.

Probably not a coincidence that both Pujols and Fielder ended up in the AL where they can become DH’s as each team hopes to get as big a bang for the bloated salaries. I am not too upset the Dodgers could not land Fielder.

Can you imagine what it must be like working for the Dodgers right now knowing a new owner should be in place within the next few months and not knowing if your job will be secure? Josh left to work for a stable organization. Hopefully the Dodgers will once again become a more stable organization.

Welcome to spring everyone…
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It’s been a fun 1st day, starting with Kershaw being named the Opening Day starter
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Gordon named lead-off man…Yup, he’s the Man!
Kemp will bat third, so, for those of you who liked him in the eigth spot… please keep it down! Unless you have enough money to purchase the Dodgers…
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Hawksworth will start on the DL, so there is healthy competetion amonst the troops
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Mrs. Ted Lilly, gave birth to a little girl today. Congrat’s to the entire Lilly gang 🙂
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The closer will be Javy Guerra, although Kenley say’s “he can pitch anywhere needed”. Both claiming they just want to do, they’re part to win games.
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Ned claims………………. he want’s to sign, Andre to a long term contract. He is pretty mutch… clutch, and not a PVL.
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Welcome back Mr. Yeager…
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Now if we could just figure out how to…
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We would really be Rocking!!!
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BRING THE RING!!!
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GO DODGERS!!

“Drying up in conversation,
you’ll be the one who cannot talk
All your insides fall to pieces,
you just sit there wishing you could still make love
They’re the ones who’ll hate you
when you think you’ve got the world all sussed out
They’re the ones who’ll spit on you,
you’ll be the one screaming out

Alright…Y’all can take this anyway you want! I don’t care …..whether, Tommy has the Go-Nads to address this blog or not…I say that because like him…I’m a fighter!!!
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The only opinions in 2012 that matter, (cleaned that one up for ya Tommy)….Are the opinions of the 25, or so… guys, on the Winning World Series Roster!!!
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I don’t know why everybody is spitting into the wind and hoping for a new post. This blog was mostly for the Dodgers to market stuff to the readers. If you want to see their continuing ads with a few tidbits of actual news, just read the official Dodgers Twitter feed on the sidebar of Outside the Dodgers.
If you want a real Inside the Dodgers experience with no sales spin, check out the excellent blog by Jon SooHoo at http://dodgersphotog.mlblogs.com/author/mlblogsdodgersphotog1/

It was an unprecedented window into the inner workings of the organization. For the half decade this site was breathing, we saw glimpses that the news organizations might ignore or just wouldn’t have the opportunity to get. And what we said here would be looked at by the organization we’ve all latched onto in our hearts from the time we fell in love with the game.

Commenting isn’t the same anymore, knowing that this site has been ignored through Spring Training up to Opening Day, showing whose baby this site really was. Thanks to Josh for what he did, and what he had to put up with during what I’m sure was a labor of love, working for the organization he too grew up watching, in what will go down as one of the most interesting and important eras in Dodger Baseball.

Our future comments direct to the ballclub will be limited to the 150 character bite-sized chunks favored by twitter and facebook, but here, you could write whatever you thought, whatever you felt, without worrying about running out of space, even if we sometimes had to worry about being warped through time.

It’s sad to see this last post gathering dust, even though considering the circumstances of the organization since then, it’s understandable. With the specter of new ownership poised to cure what ails the ballclub, I can’t help but wonder what the next fifty years of the story will bring…

Your comment is awaiting moderation.
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Now that we know someone is paying attention. How’s about turning the page!
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You can even use this headline if needed….Your comment is awaiting moderation.
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Nice to see our “Boys in Blue” off to a noteworthy start!!
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GO DODGERS!!

The Boys are hotter than a jalapeno, datin’ a cayenne pepper right now!!

The New Blue Boss

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kasten
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As president of the Braves, Kasten, delegated all of the baseball decisions to Atlanta GM John Schuerholz who put together strong, talented teams that consistently competed for a world championship
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Will the names be changed to protect the innocent ( Maybe Frank was holding Ned back), or will the guilty parties be charged…( Scrutiny is about to take on a different meaning, and Ned is standing front and center!)
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Does Kasten hand the controls completly to Colletti, in the real near future??
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There’s an abundance to happy about at the moment, plenty of potential still left on the table however…
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LET’S GET IT BOYS!!!!
GO DODGERS!!!!

Apparantly not.
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Tough break last night. I guess they do even out over the course of the season. Looks like they can play with the big boys. Either the corner infieders wake up or a couple of new players and we can be there at the end of the season. I think Uribe and Loney produce by the deadline or start some serious shopping.

Attention New Ownership!!!
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Every day… I go to dodgers.com, click on this blog, only to find that it hasn’t been updated in 9 fucking……… months!!
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I would like to think, that since all of your offices have been sufficiently remodeled, you could devote some time to fix this problem.

I sent the same suggestion about restarting this blog to the e-mail address that was given by the new owners. The answer was the same stock, so I’m not looking for any action. I don’t suppose that MLB would be any better. Maybe we need to appeal to Magic.

Where’s Magic?
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Why haven’t you changed the home page, or, updated Inside the Dodgers.
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Also teaming up with Frank was a bad move…and if your gonna put Magic in front of the public to try and justify it…He had best become the hardest working and most transparent, VIP in the business.
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You should sever all ties to Frank, (including Ned) a.s.a.p. Which means a fresh new look, everywhere…
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It’s is rather disturbing to me at least, that the first order of business was to remodel your offices…Not that I’m against you improving your working conditions, just that you acted in a timely fashion, in doing so…while the heart of the organization…yep us (the loyal fans), still have to bask in what is the cloud, of Frank McCourt (spread a little sunshine)…
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Get your act together…and do it in an urgent fashion…Timely has since passed.
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One more thing…if it is your intention, that once the team has won a championship, things will soothe over enough, that it will become acceptable to engage in a business transaction with Frank or Frank’s partners, or anyone or anything related or unrelated to the McCourt’s…Think again…
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Also the ice cream idea…was a good one…although, it should be darn near free, when the Boy’s are at the top of the standings…Hook up with your local dairy council, I’m sure they’ll be glad to assist you in finding reasonable ice cream choices!
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Is Ned the best GM in the business??? If he is not, and (he is not) find and hire whom is…Plain and simple!
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P.S. The only thing more annoying than Frank’s non response’s of the past…would be an automated one, y’all call the future
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I too sent one…

What did Juan Uribe do today, to earn his $49,383…He drove in RBI # 38, 39, 40 and 41…as a Dodger. Which means he gave us $1,120,000 worth of runs batted in today…and we’ll take it!! (there is room for improvement however) Good Job Juan…I’ll make the lemonade 🙂

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It’s been WAY too long. I was doing some massive ITD reminiscing and some old (really old) posts. I was even remembering when we were all calling on Joe to stop putting in JP and Druw in place of Andre. I really do miss ITD. I really would like to see ITD make a comeback. Hey is Stan and Magic looking at this? C’mon guys. New ownership, new blog. PLEASE!

Here’s a new blog that ex-ITD commenters can go to comment. All those who used to comment on ITD, or OTD, or Dem Bums at ‘De Blue Toy Box are welcome to comment on the following blog:https://superbasblog.wordpress.com/

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